- Feb 2 Jean-Baptiste Davaux, French classical composer, dies at 79
- Feb 5 Ali Paşa Tepelenë, known as 'The Lion of Janina", Ottoman Albanian ruler, Pasha of Yanina (1788-1822), dies aged somewhere between 78-82
- Feb 10 Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen and Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, dies at 83
- Feb 19 Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, Portuguese composer, dies at 78
- Feb 22 Johann Ignaz Walter, German opera singer and composer, dies at 66
- Feb 24 Thomas Coutts, Anglo-Scottish banker (Coutts & Co.), dies at 86